Where does “yhteiskunta” come from?

yhteiskunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhteinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

yhteiskunta (Finnish): society

Definitions

  1. society

Ancestry of “yhteiskunta”, step by step

yhteiskunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish yhteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhteinenshared, joint, common; collaborative,...
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish kunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuntamunicipality, commune; local political division;...
2Proto-Finnickuntacommunity; group of people
3Proto-Finno-Ugrickunta

Words derived from “yhteiskunta

Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc